FA 550 Data Visualization Application

Effective visualization of complex data allows for useful insights, more effective communication, and making decisions. This course investigates methods for visualizing financial datasets from a variety of perspectives in order to best identify the right tool for a given task. Students will use a number of tools to refine their data and create visualizations, including: R and associated visualization libraries, Ruby on Rails visualization tools, ManyEyes, HTML5 & CSS 3, D3.js and related javascript libraries, Google Chart Tools, Google Refine, and image-editing programs.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Grad Student or (Junior or Senior with cGPA => 3.0)

Distribution

School of Business

Offered

Fall Semester Spring Semester Summer Session 1